Back-to-back atmospheric river storms are set to hit Los Angeles County this week — giving the region much-needed moisture ...

Trees sway in high winds as the Eaton Fire burns structures Jan. 8, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. Associated Press How Santa Ana winds fueled deadly California fires ...

It was Joan Didion in her 1967 essay, Los Angeles Notebook, who observed that the onset of a Santa Ana wind event is a mood, a queasy, premonitory pit in the stomach. The winds – the high ...

They also made the blazes fit a pattern. Fires driven by Santa Ana winds, the infamous gusts that howl in over the mountains to the city’s north, account for about 90 percent of the area burned ...

(KWTX) -One of the major factors that made the January Los Angeles fires so devastating was the very strong Santa Ana winds. This week we are talking with Alex Tardy, the Warning Coordination ...

Answer: The Santa Ana winds have everything to do with weather. It starts with a high-pressure area over the Great Basin. That’s a huge area, spanning much of Nevada, Utah and parts of ...

Starting three weeks ago, Southern California Edison began power shutoffs across the Inland Empire as a fire-safety measure amid high winds reaching ... during intense Santa Ana winds.

As another round of wild Santa Ana winds threatens Southern California this week, fire officials across the region say they are pre-deploying strike teams and asking for the public’s help ...